Rapid eye movement sleep duration during the multiple sleep latency test to diagnose hypocretin-deficient narcolepsy - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36222741/
doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsac247. Online ahead of print. 1 Sleep-Wake Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Gui-de-Chauliac Hospital, CHU Montpellier, France. 2 National Reference Centre for Orphan Diseases, Narcolepsy, Idiopathic Hypersomnia, and Kleine-Levin...
Conclusion: Compared to the current neurophysiological standard criteria, alternative MSLT parameters would better identify hypocretin-deficiency among patients with hypersomnolence and those with narcolepsy. We highlighted daytime REM sleep duration as a relevant neurophysiological biomarker of hypocretin-deficiency to be used in clinical and...
Assessing cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in individuals with cannabis use disorder utilizing actigraphy and serum biomarkers: A pilot study
Source : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389945722011467?via=ihub
CBTi can be an effective treatment of insomnia in cannabis users. * CBTi can be helpful in decreasing cannabis use and anxiety and depression. * CBTi potentially to reduces inflammatory...
Conclusions: CBTi is effective as a short- and long-term treatment of insomnia and comorbid anxiety/depression in individuals who regularly use cannabis. A potential added benefit is a reduction in cannabis consumption and inflammatory serum biomarkers.
Understandings of acupuncture application and mechanisms
Source : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8991130/
Acupuncture involves the stimulation of acupoints, which are located at specific sites of the human body, by insertion of fine metal needles, followed by manipulation. Acupuncture has been proven to...
Conclusion: Acupuncture has been proven to be an effective treatment in pain relief with minimal risk. For IVF and some diseases, such as insomnia, opiate addiction and stroke, more high-quality RCTs are needed to confirm the efficacy of acupuncture. Progress in modern biomedical technology will eventually help us to understand the mechanisms of...
Sleep disturbances in Lewy body dementia: A systematic review - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36168299/
1 Northumbria Sleep Research, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2 Sleep and Brain Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health...
Conclusions: At least one form of sleep disturbance may be present in as many as 90% of people with LBD. Subjectively poor sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness, and RBD are more common and severe in LBD relative to other dementias.
Altered functional connectivity of nucleus accumbens subregions associates with non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36184786/
doi: 10.1111/cns.13979. Online ahead of print. 1 Center for Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. 2 State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and...
Conclusion: This study for the first time identified the neural network changes of NAc subregions in PD and the associations between network changes and phenotypes of NMS. Our findings provide new insights into the pathogenesis of NMS in PD.